| |   | | |  |  |  | |  |  | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | |  |  | IndustryWeek’s 2024 technology survey digs into data collection and analysis, cuts through AI hype, indicates new interest in automation and suggests one of our predictions this year was completely wrong. | 
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| |  | |  |  | Some digital tools can stress workers. Think relentlessly registering every small deviation from a standard. | 
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| |  | |  |  | IT departments can update software, but they can’t patch people. | 
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| |  | |  |  | 80% of a product's environmental impact is determined during the design phase. | 
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| |  | |  |  | IndustryWeek editors discuss that story and some glue companies getting stuck together, using AI to land a job and why digitalization is hard. | 
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